17th Quebec Legislature


The 17th Quebec Legislature was the provincial legislature that existed in Quebec, Canada from May 16, 1927, to July 30, 1931. The Liberal Party|Liberal Party], led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau as Premier of Quebec had a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and was the governing party.

Seats per political party

  • '''After the 1927 [Quebec general election|1927 elections]'''

Member list

This was the list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec that were elected in the 1927 election:
NamePartyRidingFirst elected / previously elected
Hector AuthierLiberalAbitibi1923-
Georges-Étienne DansereauLiberalArgenteuil1927-
Joseph-Édouard PerraultLiberalArthabaska1925-
Joseph-Émery PhaneufLiberalBagot1916-
Joseph-Hugues FortierLiberalBeauce1921-
Joseph-Édouard Fortin LiberalBeauce1929-
Louis-Joseph PapineauLiberalBeauharnois1927-
Antonin GalipeaultLiberalBellechasse1909-
Robert Taschereau LiberalBellechasse1930-
Cléophas BastienLiberalBerthier1927-
Pierre-Émile CôtéLiberalBonaventure1924-
Carlton James OliverLiberalBrome1923-
Alexandre ThurberLiberalChambly1923-
William-Pierre GrantLiberalChamplain1925-
Edgar RochetteLiberalCharlevoix et Saguenay1927-
Honoré Mercier Jr.LiberalChâteauguay1907, 1908-
Gustave DelisleLiberalChicoutimi1923-
Jacob NicolLiberalCompton1921-
Andrew Ross McMaster LiberalCompton1929-
Arthur SauvéConservativeDeux-Montagnes1908-
Paul Sauvé ConservativeDeux-Montagnes1930-
Ernest OuelletLiberalDorchester1917-
Hector LafertéLiberalDrummond1916-
Cyrille BaillargeonLiberalFrontenac1923-
Gustave LemieuxLiberalGaspé1912-
Aimé GuertinConservativeHull1927-
Andrew PhilpsLiberalHuntingdon1913-
Martin Bettie Fisher ConservativeHuntingdon1930-
Lucien LamoureuxLiberalIberville1923-
Joseph-Édouard CaronLiberalÎles-de-la-Madeleine1902-
Amédée Caron LiberalÎles-de-la-Madeleine1928-
Victor MarchandLiberalJacques-Cartier1925-
Lucien DugasLiberalJoliette1927-
Nérée MorinLiberalKamouraska1920-
Pierre Gagnon LiberalKamouraska1927-
Pierre LortieLiberalLabelle1923-
Émile MoreauLiberalLac-Saint-Jean1919-
Walter ReedLiberalL'Assomption1908-
Joseph-Olier Renaud Sr.ConservativeLaval1919-
Alfred-Valère RoyLiberalLévis1916-
Élisée ThériaultLiberalL'Islet1916-
Adélard Godbout LiberalL'Islet1929-
Joseph-Napoléon FrancoeurLiberalLotbinière1908-
William TremblayLabourMaisonneuve1927-
Joseph-William GagnonLiberalMaskinongé1927-
Louis-Joseph Thisdel LiberalMaskinongé1930-
Joseph-Arthur BergeronLiberalMatane1923-
Joseph DufourLiberalMatapédia1919-
Lauréat LapierreLiberalMégantic1916-
Alexandre SauretteLiberalMissisquoi1919-
Joseph-Ferdinand DanielLiberalMontcalm1917-
Joseph-Léonide Perron LiberalMontcalm1910, 1912, 1929-
Charles-Abraham PaquetLiberalMontmagny1919-
Louis-Alexandre TaschereauLiberalMontmorency1900-
Aldéric BlainConservativeMontréal-Dorion1927-
Ernest PoulinLiberalMontréal-Laurier1919, 1927-
Anatole PlanteLiberalMontréal-Mercier1927-
Joseph Henry DillonLiberalMontréal–Sainte-Anne1924-
Joseph GauthierLiberalMontréal–Sainte-Marie1921, 1927-
Camillien Houde ConservativeMontréal–Sainte-Marie1923, 1928-
Charles Ernest GaultConservativeMontréal–Saint-Georges1907-
Alfred LeducLiberalMontréal–Saint-Henri1927-
Irénée VautrinLiberalMontréal–Saint-Jacques1919, 1927-
Joseph CohenLiberalMontréal–Saint-Laurent1927-
Peter BercovitchLiberalMontréal–Saint-Louis1916-
Pierre-Auguste LafleurConservativeMontréal-Verdun1923-
Joseph-Euclide CharbonneauLiberalNapierville-Laprairie1923-
Joseph-Alcide SavoieLiberalNicolet1923-
Désiré LahaieLiberalPapineau1922-
Wallace McDonaldLiberalPontiac1919-
Édouard HamelLiberalPortneuf1920-
Pierre Gauthier LiberalPortneuf1927-
Joseph-Ephraim BédardLiberalQuébec-Comté1927-
Joseph SamsonLiberalQuébec-Centre1927-
Louis-Alfred LétourneauLiberalQuébec-Est1908-
Oscar Drouin LiberalQuébec-Est1928-
Joseph Ignatius PowerLiberalQuébec-Ouest1927-
Jean-Baptiste LafrenièreLiberalRichelieu1923-
Avila Turcotte LiberalRichelieu1929-
Stanislas-Edmond DesmaraisLiberalRichmond1923-
Louis-Joseph MoreaultLiberalRimouski1923-
Cyril-Améric BernardLiberalRouville1923-
Télesphore-Damien BouchardLiberalSaint-Hyacinthe1912, 1923-
Alexis BouthillierLiberalSaint-Jean1919-
Joseph-Auguste FrigonLiberalSaint-Maurice1927-
Charles-Édouard CantinLiberalSaint-Sauveur1927-
William Stephen BullockLiberalShefford1912-
Armand-Charles CrépeauConservativeSherbrooke1924-
Avila FerlandLiberalSoulanges1916, 1927-
Alfred-Joseph BissonnetLiberalStanstead1913-
Joseph-Édouard PichéLiberalTémiscamingue1927-
Léon CasgrainLiberalTémiscouata1927-
Athanase DavidLiberalTerrebonne1916-
Maurice DuplessisConservativeTrois-Rivières1927-
Hormisdas PilonLiberalVaudreuil1901-
Félix MessierLiberalVerchères1927-
Charles Allan SmartConservativeWestmount1912-
Cyrénus LemieuxLiberalWolfe1921-
David LapperrièreLiberalYamaska1923-

Other elected MLAs

Other MLAs were elected during by-elections in this term

Cabinet Ministers

New electoral districts

The electoral map was reformed in 1930 and the new map was first used in the general election of August 24, 1931.